Entries by 'Soumya Simanta'

By Soumya Simanta Senior Member of the Technical Staff Software Solutions Division

Warfighters
in a tactical environment face many constraints on computational
resources, such as the computing power, memory, bandwidth, and battery
power. They often have to make rapid decisions in hostile environments.
Many warfighters can access situational awareness data feeds on their
smartphones to make critical decisions. To access these feeds, however,
warfighters must contend with an overwhelming amount of information from
multiple, fragmented data sources that cannot be easily combined on a
small smartphone screen. The same resource constraints apply to
emergency responders involved in search-and-rescue missions, who often
must coordinate their efforts with multiple responders. This posting
describes our efforts to create the Edge Mission-Oriented Tactical App Generator (eMontage),
a software prototype that allows warfighters and first responders to
rapidly integrate geotagged situational awareness data from multiple
remote data sources.